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Throw Away Your Watch and Make Sure You’re Pointing True Northby Dorothy Montgomery - Jul, 2014“Throw away your watch and make sure you’re pointing true north,” Michelle Saul said to me on my radio show last week. Michelle is the founder and President of Possibilities Consulting LLC, where she has built an excellent reputation as a versatile consultant, trainer, executive coach and keynote speaker. My radio show, Breaking the Glass Ceiling, Going Beyond Expectations is about the inner glass ceiling—those limiting mind...

Stressed at Work? Read Your Desk Calendarby Jessica Stasiw - Jul, 2014I fully embrace technology, really I do! There are times though that just holding a tangible item, like a book or a piece of paper, helps me feel at ease. To keep your sanity you need to have something that will put things into perspective when the room won’t stop spinning. For me, it’s a simple desk calendar that I bought at the local Barnes & Noble.
Every year I go after Christmas and I sift through the clearance cale...

Why Recruiters Ignore Your Resumeby Louise Garver - Jul, 2014A recruiter has asked you to submit your resume for a search assignment they are trying to fill. Then silence. You may think your resume landed in the black hole, but actually, these factors may have negatively influenced the recruiter.
1. You don’t have a gmail email address. Executives are thought of as movers and shakers, people with forward thinking. Those are the types of executives that recruiters are looking for...

Your Social Media Accounts: Clean Them Up Before Job Hunting or Leave Them As-Is?by Joshua Waldman - Jul, 2014If you post a lot of compromising photos or inflammatory material in your social media feed, then you might be passed over for job opportunities.
According to a survey by the Chartered Institute of Professional Development (CIPD), two out of every five employers looks at candidates’ Facebook, Twitter or LinkedIn profiles before recruiting them. At the same time, a profile that’s too squeaky clean might actually turn off...

The OFCCP Digest Volume 4, Issue 7by Local JobNetwork™ - Jul, 2014Volume 4, Issue 7
Rationale for Compensation Differences
by Alissa Horvitz, Esq. and Joshua Roffman, Esq.
On Wednesday July 2, 2014, The Washington Post ran an article about the pay gap between men and women working in the White House. According to The Post,...

Rationale for Compensation Differencesby Alissa Horvitz - Jul, 2014On Wednesday July 2, 2014, The Washington Post ran an article about the pay gap between men and women working in the White House. According to The Post, “[t]he average male White House employee currently earns about $88,600, while the average female White House employee earns about $78,400, according to White House data released Tuesday [July 1, 2014]. That is a gap of 13 percent.” Or, said differently, women earn $0.87, on...

Rationale for Compensation Differencesby Josh Roffman - Jul, 2014On Wednesday July 2, 2014, The Washington Post ran an article about the pay gap between men and women working in the White House. According to The Post, “[t]he average male White House employee currently earns about $88,600, while the average female White House employee earns about $78,400, according to White House data released Tuesday [July 1, 2014]. That is a gap of 13 percent.” Or, said differently, women earn $0.87, on...

The Compliance Challenge of Evergreen Requisitions and Pipeline Recruitingby Chris Lindholm - Jul, 2014Introduction:
It is common knowledge that EEO compliance has developed into an extremely complex and sometimes controversial process. In just the last 14 years alone we have witnessed an endless stream of changes to the expectations of contractors including:
Changing from eight (8) to two (2) availability factors
The brief, rocky visit of the EO Survey
The as yet, unrealized threat of multiple regression as a tool to fin...

Dealing with the Chaos at OFCCPby Bill Osterndorf - Jul, 2014The U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs is a busy place. The agency has announced a multitude of priorities that affect federal contractors and subcontractors. Among these priorities are the
following:
Issues concerning veterans
Issues concerning individuals with disabilities
Compensation
Use of criminal records in the selection process
There were new regulations or directi...

Religious Accommodation in the Workplace: Federal Contractors' Version of the Hobby Lobby Dilemmaby Sandra Zeigler - Jul, 2014On June 30, 2014, the United States Supreme Court rendered its decision in Sylvia Burwell, Secretary Of Health And Human Services, Et Al., Petitioners V. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc., Et Al. Nos. 13-354 and 13-356 (Hobby Lobby). Hobby Lobby was decided under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA). Hobby Lobby and two other closely held companies had faced massive fines for refusing to cover four contraceptives that they beli...

How to Make Competition Irrelevantby Lisa Rangel - Jul, 2014Job candidates at every level worry a lot about what other candidates are saying during interviews. Oftentimes they are also worried about credentials, status and experience. In other words, they’re worried about the competition.
While it’s completely normal to be a little concerned about your competition, the reality is this can actually make you fumble during job interviews. If you’re stressed about what other people are...

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